Ajar A·jar" adverb [ Prefix a- + jar .] In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

Ajava Aj"a·va noun (Botany) See Ajouan .

Ajog A·jog" adverb [ Prefix a- + jog .] On the jog.

Ajouan Aj"ou·an Aj"ow*an noun [ Written also ajwain .] [ Prob. native name.] (Botany) The fruit of Ammi Copticum , syn. Carum Ajowan , used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed , Javanese seed , and ajava .

Ajutage Aj"u·tage noun [ French ajutage , for ajoutage , from ajouter to add, Late Latin adjuxtare , from Latin ad + juxta near to, nigh. Confer Adjutage , Adjustage , Adjust .] A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.

Ake Ake noun & v. See Ache .

Akene A·kene" noun (Botany) Same as Achene .

Aketon Ak"e·ton noun [ Obsolete] See Acton .

Akimbo A·kim"bo adjective [ Etymology unknown. Confer Kimbo .] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. "With one arm akimbo ." Irving.

Akin A·kin" adjective [ Prefix a- (for of ) + kin .] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin .

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." Cowper.

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character.
Jeffrey.

» This adjective is used only after the noun.

Akinesia Ak`i·ne"si·a noun [ Greek ... quiescence; 'a priv. + ... motion.] (Medicine) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster.

Akinesic Ak`i·ne"sic adjective (Medicine) Pertaining to akinesia.

Aknee A·knee" adverb On the knee. [ R.] Southey.

Aknow Ak·now" Earlier form of Acknow . [ Obsolete]

To be aknow , to acknowledge; to confess. [ Obsolete]

Al Al adjective All. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Al Al conj. Although; if. [ Obsolete] See All , conj.

Al segno Al` se"gno [ Italian , to the mark or sign.] (Mus.) A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign ....

Al- Al- A prefix. (a) [ Anglo-Saxon eal .] All; wholly; completely; as, al mighty, al most. (b) [ Latin ad .] To; at; on; -- in Old French shortened to a- . See Ad- . (c) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the ; as, Al koran, the Koran or the Book; al chemy, the chemistry.

Al-phitomancy Al-phit"o·man`cy noun [ Greek ... barley meal + - mancy : confer French alphitomancie .] Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles.

Ala A"la noun ; plural Alæ [ Latin , a wing.] (Biol.) A winglike organ, or part.

Alabama period Al`a·ba"ma pe"ri·od (Geol.) A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

Alabaster Al"a·bas"ter noun [ Latin alabaster , Greek ..., said to be derived from Alabastron , the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: confer Old French alabastre , French albâtre .] 1. (Min.) (a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. (b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster .

2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke.

Alabastrian Al`a·bas"tri·an adjective Alabastrine.

Alabastrine Al`a·bas"trine adjective Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

Alabastrum Al`a·bas"trum noun ; plural Alabastra [ New Latin ] (Botany) A flower bud. Gray.

Alack A·lack" interj. [ Prob. from ah! lack! Middle English lak loss, failure, misfortune. See Lack .] An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [ Archaic. or Poet.] Shak.

Alackaday A·lack"a·day` interj. [ For alack the day . Confer Lackaday.] An exclamation expressing sorrow.

» Shakespeare has " alack the day" and " alack the heavy day." Compare "woe worth the day."

Alacrify A·lac"ri·fy transitive verb [ Latin alacer , alacris , lively + -fly .] To rouse to action; to inspirit.

Alacrious A·lac"ri·ous adjective [ Latin alacer , alacris .] Brisk; joyously active; lively.

'T were well if we were a little more alacrious .
Hammond.

Alacriously A·lac"ri·ous·ly adverb With alacrity; briskly.

Alacriousness A·lac"ri·ous·ness noun Alacrity. [ Obsolete] Hammond.

Alacrity A·lac"ri·ty noun [ Latin alacritas , from alacer lively, eager, probably akin to Greek ... to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.] A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.
Shak.

Aladinist A·lad"in·ist noun [ From Aladin , for Ala Eddin, i. e. , height of religion, a learned divine under Mohammed II. and Bajazet II.] One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

Alalia A·la"li·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... priv. + ... a talking; confer ... speechless.] (Medicine) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor , or ataxis , aphasia , due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.

Alalonga, Alilonghi Al`a·lon"ga, Al`i·lon"ghi noun (Zoology) The tunny. See Albicore .

Alamire A`la·mi"re noun [ Compounded of a la mi re , names of notes in the musical scale.] The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

Alamodality Al`a·mo·dal"i·ty noun The quality of being à la mode ; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [ R.] Southey.

Alamode Al"a·mode` adverb & adjective [ French à la mode after the fashion.] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. " Alamode beef shops." Macaulay.

Alamode Al"a·mode` noun A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode . Buchanan.

Alamort Al`a·mort" adjective [ French à la mort to the death. Confer Amort .] To the death; mortally.

Alan A·lan" (ȧ*lȧn") noun [ Old French alan , alant ; confer Spanish alano .] A wolfhound. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Aland A·land" adverb [ Prefix a- + land .] On land; to the land; ashore. "Cast aland ." Sir P. Sidney.

Alanine Al"a·nine noun [ Aldehyde + the ending -ine . The -n- is a euphonic insertion.] (Chemistry) A white crystalline base, C ₃ H ₇ NO ₂ , derived from aldehyde ammonia.

Alantin A·lan"tin noun [ German alant elecampane, the Inula helenium of Linnæus.] (Chemistry) See Inulin .

Alar A"lar adjective [ Latin alarius , from ala wing: confer French alaire .] 1. Pertaining to, or having, wings.

2. (Botany) Axillary; in the fork or axil. Gray.

Alarm A·larm" (ȧ*lärm") noun [ French alarme , Italian all' arme to arms ! from Latin arma , plural, arms. See Arms , and confer Alarum .] 1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Arming to answer in a night alarm .
Shak.

2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.
Joel ii. 1.

3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [ R.] "These home alarms ." Shak.

Thy palace fill with insults and alarms .
Pope.

4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.
Macaulay.

5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.

Alarm bell , a bell that gives notice on danger. -- Alarm clock or watch , a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge , a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm post , a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm.

Syn. -- Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension; consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude. -- Alarm , Fright , Terror , Consternation . These words express different degrees of fear at the approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited, producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive fear, which usually benumbs the faculties. Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and subdues its faculties. See Apprehension .

Alarm A·larm" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Alarmed ; present participle & verbal noun Alarming .] [ Alarm , noun Confer French alarmer .] 1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.

3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
Macaulay.

Alarmable A·larm"a·ble adjective Easily alarmed or disturbed.

Alarmed A·larmed" adjective Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.

The white pavilions rose and fell
On the alarmed air.
Longfellow.

Alarmedly A·larm"ed·ly adverb In an alarmed manner.

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